Fiche festival
Oceania
Goroka Show
Traditional and popular festivals · Goroka, Papua New Guinea
Dates
18-20 September 2026 (70th anniversary)
Venue
Goroka, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
Genres
Traditional and popular holidays
The festival
The Goroka Show is Papua New Guinea's largest sing-sing: more than a hundred tribes, in feathers of paradise birds, facial paintings and brilliant bilas, converge towards Goroka, capital of the Eastern Highlands, for three days of dance and singing near Independence Day (16 September). Created in 1956 to peacefully gather the Highlands groups, it celebrates its 70th anniversary from 18 to 20 September 2026 at the National Sports Institute.
Kundu drums, spectacular costumes and tribal pride: this is one of the most extraordinary cultural gatherings on the planet.